FriendlyLinux.org coming soon!
What is Linux?
Linux is a free UNIX-like operating system. Linux is free like in free speech, which means that anybody can get it for free and anybody can modify it to suit their needs. It’s been used for servers for years and has recently started to emerge on the desktop-computer market as a free alternative to Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s MacOS, with the major differences being that most of the software available for Linux, is available for free. All development is also done on a voluntary basis, often supported and encouraged by donations.
All this freedom has sparked a wealth of various Linux-variants, referred to as Linux-distributions, which is the Linux-kernel bundled with various applications, tailored to the individual projects goals, which means that there’s now literally thousands of Linux-distributions, all tailored for some specific or generic purpose.
The problem
Some Linux-projects die while new emerge all the time. The cool thing is that there’s probably a distribution out there that just fits your needs, bundled with just the right applications. The sad thing though is to navigate through all the distributions and applications and end up with what you want.
The purpose of the blog
I hear about new applications and distributions all the time. When I find something cool I’ll review it. I emphasize on the friendliness of what I review. The more user friendly it is, the better. If I ever need to start a console to do what I want, that’s gonna be judged hard and if a user-interface is unintuitive, lacking important features, is unstable although it’s marked to be stable, all that will count the negative way in my judgement.
In short, the purpose with this blog is to find the most user-friendly and complete Linux-distribution and Linux-applications.
When does it all start?
The first article is in the cooker and I expect it to be done by the middle of next week at latest.
Updates
Once a month I will publish a review of a Linux-distribution, which I have been testing by doing actual work with it for circa a month, ending with a summing up of all the good and bad things I experienced during that month.
Once a week I expect to do a post on some Linux-application.
Stay tuned!